At the Instore, they had mic difficulties and proceeded to do a noise jam for like 10 minutes, then Thurston gave some little kid his guitar and let him bash on it while he made noise into the broken mic.

Burroughs is my favorite track. The long bridge is the highlight of the record for me.

In general, this music seems kind of simple compared to SY, but some of it is pretty catchy. The "Don't shoot. We are your children." verse from Groovy and Linda sticks in my head. I also like Sleeping Where I Fall, Frank O'Hara Hit, and Empires of Time. Not crazy about Lip or Mohawk.

Drove up to Toronto yesterday as a friend wanted to go hit the shops on Queen & College streets, got my tix @ Soundscapes... so I'm all set. Glad to see that Soundscapes has abit more vinyl now, its been awhile but the last time i was there they didn't have as much, and is Juno Records a new shop? Got to Rotate This too late as they were closed and didn't reach Moog music to get my fix on guitar effects ...maybe when i'm back up at the end of the month.

Just got home from the Denton 35 show. They absolutely killed it. Sorry, but I do not feel this recording does their live show justice. It was just...so...brutal, honestly. Really explosive tracks. And 30 minutes of Thurston noise guitar (20 minutes in between sound check and "start," 10 minutes in the encore) was just awesome to see.

As much as I may have wanted to hate on some of these post-SY products, I have to say I am really liking what each member is doing.

Just got home from the Denton 35 show. They absolutely killed it. Sorry, but I do not feel this recording does their live show justice. It was just...so...brutal, honestly. Really explosive tracks. And 30 minutes of Thurston noise guitar (20 minutes in between sound check and "start," 10 minutes in the encore) was just awesome to see.

As much as I may have wanted to hate on some of these post-SY products, I have to say I am really liking what each member is doing.

Good to hear, the live clips of this band from that recent basement birthday gig sound intense. Thurston is using some different distortion effects to get a more metal-ish tone out of his guitar it seems too.

Good to hear, the live clips of this band from that recent basement birthday gig sound intense. Thurston is using some different distortion effects to get a more metal-ish tone out of his guitar it seems too.

Yep, the distortion mixed with a lot more palm-muting in this band really just tends to club you upside the head, wonderfully. They really do have an awesome "heavy" sound I really enjoyed.